Black Land Stewards of the South
Coming Soon ...
We are partnering with students and faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to develop this oral history collection. Conversations began in the Fall 2026 semester.
In addition to the oral histories, the final outputs of this collection are still to be determined, as we are still doing active listening to determine what resources would most benefit Black farming communities at this time.
Mini-Doc: As Told By the Black Farmers of Nacogdoches, Texas
Black land loss is a U.S. phenomenon that has served as an environmental justice focal point in this project. The following is a documentary produced and very graciously shared by one of our oral history narrators, Igalious Mills, on this very topic.
Centered on the testimony of third generation farmer, Adell Mills, this mini-documentary is a tribute to the Black farmers who lost land and continue to lose land, wealthy, and place as a result of the 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act, which outlined programs like the Cotton Allotment Policy, perpetuating the systems of share-cropping that contributed to cycles of Black poverty and land theft in the U.S.